Giovanni Martino (American, 1908-1997) “Giovanni Self Portrait", 1970, oil painting on board. Inscribed in verso “To Babs”. Babs was Babette Martino, Giovanni’s eldest Daughter who was a artist in her own right, and passed away in 2011. Giovanni Martino (1908-1998) was a painter in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. Martino and his six brothers formed Martino Studios in Philadelphia, where Giovanni worked as a graphic artist. Martino's wife, Eva (1916-2012), and daughters Babette (1945-2011) and Nina F. (1942- ) are also artists. Martino studied at the Philadelphia Graphic Sketch Club, Le France Art Institute, Spring Garden Institute, and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He specialized in urban landscape painting and regularly exhibited his work in solo and group exhibitions. In the 1960s, the family moved from Philadelphia to a house in Blue Bell, where each member could have their own painting studio. Size: 16'' x 12''